The city of Los Angeles is living beyond its means. Vital cuts needed to mitigate the city’s current and future financial crises are being stalled by high-salaried individuals with agendas of their own. Someone needs to step up and make the same unpopular and life-changing decisions many private industry executives had to make, leading to the 12.4 percent unemployment rate in California. There are 15 city council members in LA and they are the highest paid city council members in… Read more

Star rating: 4 out of 5 The door leading from the street opened into a small cramped room with about seven chairs on the corresponding wall. There was a shelf alongside the opposite wall with bottled water, candy and a jar for donations. A few feet ahead was a modest table and chair and beyond it, my entry to the pleasant surprise about to engross me for the next two hours. The living room setting produced Rachel, an attractive, well-kept,… Read more

Some lawmakers have no problem lying, since this is the manner in which they conduct their personal and professional lives. So, not surprisingly, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) falls well within the policy in Washington. My hat goes off to President Barack Obama who called for an end to the DADT policy in his first State of the Union speech and the support of Defense Secretary Robert Gates to the President’s calls, further signals that this policy should be repealed… Read more

As of November 2009, unintended accelerations in Toyota vehicles have accounted for 20 fatalities, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The acceleration concerns, explained by Toyota, were problems with the floor mats and suspected vehicles in the United States were recalled. Later, another recall, extending to China and Europe, took place involving the gas pedal sensors in affected vehicles. According to Toyota, the latest recall concerns the gas pedal sensors and explains that when the heater is activated… Read more